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KUALA LUMPUR – Police expect a 71% increase in the number of vehicles on the KL-Karak Expressway during the Chinese New Year holidays.
Acting Selangor police chief Datuk S. Sasikala Devi said it is estimated that 171,000 vehicles will use the expressway daily from this Friday compared to the daily average of 100,000 vehicles.
“(Police) will continue to strategise and take initiatives to ensure the rate of accidents on the expressway is reduced, including giving focus on enforcement of highway rules, advocacy, and crime as well as omnipresence (of police at the location),” she said.
She said this to reporters after launching Selangor police’s Ops Selamat 19 traffic operation in conjunction with Chinese New Year at the Gombak toll plaza here today.
According to her, in Ops Selamat 17 last year, a total of 2,810 accidents were recorded with 21 deaths compared to 4,824 accidents and 23 deaths in Ops Selamat 16 in conjunction with Chinese New Year in 2020.
Sasikala said her team has identified six accident and congestion hotspots in Selangor – namely Sabak Bernam, Kuala Selangor, North Klang, Hulu Selangor, Gombak, and Ampang.
Meanwhile, she also advised the public travelling back to their hometowns to notify police about leaving their houses empty to reduce the risk of break-ins.
“The public can contact any nearby police station or fill out the ‘balik kampung’ (returning to hometown) form that can be downloaded from the (police) portal,” she added. – Bernama, January 16, 2023